Movie Up came from an 'oddball idea'

Up has been nominated for five Academy Awards

The box office hit Up became one of the most talked about films of 2009 and it's been touted as the favourite for many awards. The movie has already won a Golden Globe Award for best animated feature film and it's also up for five Academy Awards. On Sunday night it won two Baftas. The directors and writers of the Pixar production, Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, reveal how they came up with the 'oddball idea'.

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Are you still on cloud nine because this film is doing so well?

How many different routes did the story go down before it arrived at what we see at the cinema?

Are there any bits you were worried about?

So many of these films now are open to adults as well?

Since the Oscar and Bafta nominations have come out, what big A-list stars have come up to you and said 'I cried at Up and I loved it'?

Writer and co-director Bob Peterson voiced the character of Dug the dog

Even though this isn't how you want the world to perceive you, do you feel like you're the animation geeks in the corner?

And Bob you did the voice of Dug in the film. I don't mean this to sound rude, but are you meant to look a bit like how Dug does in the film?